This chapter opens with a soliloquy by the "moon hermit" . He tells us that he's not sure what's going on. He doesn't even know if he did the "right thing" on the day he promised to destroy Huon's core. He's just confused. He wants to know if there's something wrong with him, because he promised Huon that if he destroyed his core, he'd kill him. He also wants to find out what happened between him and "the moon hermit" on that day. He asks what happened, and the hermit tells him that the moon hermit wasn't really a hermit at all, but that he was filled with "horrible and freaky magic" , and that he couldn't help but fall down. The hermit then tells the story of how he came to be with Huon, and how he was shocked when he realized what was happening. He says that he thought the hermit was testing him because he had seen the "secret" in the "control room" of the "lunar." He also says that the hermit is just like the "one in front